The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period

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Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Nunes-Costa, Rui, Figueiredo, Bárbara
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/77357
Resumo: The Baby Care Scale (BCS) was designed to assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the BCS - antenatal (BCS-AN) and BCS - postnatal (BCS-PN) versions. A sample of 100 primiparous fathers completed the BCS-AN and/or the BCS-PN and self-reported the measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms and of father-infant emotional involvement during pregnancy and the postpartum period, respectively. Good internal consistency was found for both the BCS-AN and the BCS-PN. A two-factor model was found for both versions of the instrument: (1) household tasks and (2) infant care tasks. The BCS-AN and BCS-PN subscales revealed good internal consistency. Higher scores on the BCS-AN predicted higher scores on the BCS-PN. Significant associations were found among the BCS (BCS-AN and BCS-PN), depressive and anxiety symptoms, and father-infant emotional involvement, revealing good criterion validity. This study suggested that both the BCS-AN and the BCS-PN are reliable multidimensional self-report measures that assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
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spelling The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum periodBaby Care Scalepsychometric characteristicsfathersinvolvement in infant careanxiety and depressive symptomsfather-infant emotional involvementCiências Sociais::PsicologiaSocial SciencesThe Baby Care Scale (BCS) was designed to assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the BCS - antenatal (BCS-AN) and BCS - postnatal (BCS-PN) versions. A sample of 100 primiparous fathers completed the BCS-AN and/or the BCS-PN and self-reported the measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms and of father-infant emotional involvement during pregnancy and the postpartum period, respectively. Good internal consistency was found for both the BCS-AN and the BCS-PN. A two-factor model was found for both versions of the instrument: (1) household tasks and (2) infant care tasks. The BCS-AN and BCS-PN subscales revealed good internal consistency. Higher scores on the BCS-AN predicted higher scores on the BCS-PN. Significant associations were found among the BCS (BCS-AN and BCS-PN), depressive and anxiety symptoms, and father-infant emotional involvement, revealing good criterion validity. This study suggested that both the BCS-AN and the BCS-PN are reliable multidimensional self-report measures that assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period.This study was conducted at the Psychology Research Centre (PSI/01662), School of Psychology, University of Minho, and supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the Portuguese State Budget (UIDB/PSI/01662/2020).Frontiers MediaUniversidade do MinhoPinto, Tiago MiguelNunes-Costa, RuiFigueiredo, Bárbara20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/77357engPinto, T. M., Nunes-Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2022). The Baby Care Scale: A Psychometric Study With Fathers During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. [Original Research]. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.7513301664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.751330https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.751330/fullinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:45:41Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/77357Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:43:33.967358Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
title The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
spellingShingle The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Baby Care Scale
psychometric characteristics
fathers
involvement in infant care
anxiety and depressive symptoms
father-infant emotional involvement
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Social Sciences
title_short The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
title_full The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
title_fullStr The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
title_full_unstemmed The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
title_sort The baby care scale: a psychometric study with fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum period
author Pinto, Tiago Miguel
author_facet Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Nunes-Costa, Rui
Figueiredo, Bárbara
author_role author
author2 Nunes-Costa, Rui
Figueiredo, Bárbara
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Nunes-Costa, Rui
Figueiredo, Bárbara
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Baby Care Scale
psychometric characteristics
fathers
involvement in infant care
anxiety and depressive symptoms
father-infant emotional involvement
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Social Sciences
topic Baby Care Scale
psychometric characteristics
fathers
involvement in infant care
anxiety and depressive symptoms
father-infant emotional involvement
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Social Sciences
description The Baby Care Scale (BCS) was designed to assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the BCS - antenatal (BCS-AN) and BCS - postnatal (BCS-PN) versions. A sample of 100 primiparous fathers completed the BCS-AN and/or the BCS-PN and self-reported the measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms and of father-infant emotional involvement during pregnancy and the postpartum period, respectively. Good internal consistency was found for both the BCS-AN and the BCS-PN. A two-factor model was found for both versions of the instrument: (1) household tasks and (2) infant care tasks. The BCS-AN and BCS-PN subscales revealed good internal consistency. Higher scores on the BCS-AN predicted higher scores on the BCS-PN. Significant associations were found among the BCS (BCS-AN and BCS-PN), depressive and anxiety symptoms, and father-infant emotional involvement, revealing good criterion validity. This study suggested that both the BCS-AN and the BCS-PN are reliable multidimensional self-report measures that assess the involvement of father in infant care during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Pinto, T. M., Nunes-Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2022). The Baby Care Scale: A Psychometric Study With Fathers During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. [Original Research]. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.751330
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